Paint-can.



No. 865,463. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

' R. WEISS.

PAINT CAN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1906.

Witnessak: 7 [12mm Z09".- fP/ w MM having an upturned flange. b fits into said vessel a RUDOLF worse, or BiEL, SWITZERLAND.

PAINT-CAN.

Application filed August 9. 1906. Serial No. 329,894.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it'known that I, Ronorlr WEISS, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, residing at Biel, Switzerland, have. invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Paint-Cans, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to cans for, holding paint and".

other thick-flowing materials and'is intended to provide a can in which such materials may bekept with-: out drying up or formation of skin, and whence the material may be drawn off as required.

struction of the invention; a v

Figure 1 is an elevation partlyin section. Fig. 2 is a plan.

The can comprises a vessel :1 which is of substantially cylindrical form, but has pressed in its cylindrical part corrugations which run helically from above down the interior of the vessel to or near the bottom. A cover I),

cover for transport, such cord or wire may be passed also through a hole 6 in the vessel a and its ends secured by a seal (F.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I cap -g. vessel a as a handle.

Patented. Sept. 10; 1907. i

In the wallet. vessel 11 near the bottom is a screw threaded draining nozzle f closed by a removable screw A bail h is secured to the upper edge of the The can being filled with paint or other thick-flowing v v substance up .to the level of the under side of the lid b, a desired Quantity of such paint or substance may be 'di awn offby removing the cap 9 and turning thelid b so as to screw the latter down in the vessel a until the v required quantity has passed out of the opening. f. The annexed drawing illustrates an example of con- What I claim as my invention and desire to'secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

standing cylindrical flange around the dlsk said flange being helically corrugated and a cross plate for operation as a. handle and a controlled outlet'ln the side of said vessel near the base thereof for the purpose set forth.,

In witness'whereof I havesigned the presence of two witnesses;

RUDOLF wsrss.

Witnesses H. Henna, A. Li'nssnnsscnn this specification in" 

